The World Health Organization (WHO) published the 2019 ranking of African countries that consume the most alcohol per capita.
In this ranking, two Central African countries namely Gabon and Cameroon take the lead, respectively in the 1st and 2nd positions. Nigeria comes 3rd.
Number = number of liters per capita
Gabon 9.1
Cameroon 9
Nigeria 8.9
Uganda 8.33
South Africa 7.77
Rwanda 7.12
DRC 6.32
Angola 6.20
Congo Brazzaville 6.20
Cote d’Ivoire 5.98
Equatorial Guinea 5.73
Sierra Leone 5.64
Swaziland 05.05
São Tomé & Principe 4.42
Seychelles 4.33
Burkina Faso 4.29
Botswana 3.99
Zimbabwe 3.85
Cape Verde 3.25
Liberia 03.07
Lesotho 2.92
Zambia 2.75
Mauritius 2.65
Gambia 2.44
Burundi 2.41
Guinea-Bissau 2.28
Ghana 1.84
Tanzania 1.75
Central African Republic 1.73
Kenya 1.73
Sudan 1.73
Malawi 1.44
Tunisia 1.26
Benin 1.18
Djibouti 1.13
Togo 1.13
Mozambique 1.10
Madagascar 0.92
Ethiopia 0.69
Mali 0.62
Eritrea 0.58
Chad 0.46
Morocco 0.45
Senegal 0.23
Egypt 0.20
Guinea 0.20
Comoros 0.14
Algeria 0.11
Niger 0.10